Is Anyone Taking Advantage of Amazon Prime Day?

Did you buy that Instant Pot? I’ve heard it’s amazing.

The big news story on everyone’s mind today, of course, is… well, um… let’s talk about Amazon Prime Day instead! What kind of news do we have about that?

To start us off, here’s Gizmodo’s list of Amazon Prime Day deals on items that can be used as deadly weapons. Seriously.

The Deadliest-Looking Deals of Amazon Prime Day

There were also so many stories about the Instant Pot that I just picked one. Have you heard about the Instant Pot? I’ve heard a lot about the Instant Pot. It does everything. Stews, beans, rice, you name it. There’s a button on it labeled “porridge,” which might revolutionize the way I make breakfast. (Currently, I pour hot water over oatmeal and then add fruit, nuts, and honey. With an Instant Pot, I could do all of that plus have one extra item to clean!)

The Instant Pot cooker with a huge cult following is deeply discounted for Prime Day

And The Oregonian would like to remind us that Amazon Prime Day is a manufactured holiday. Not like the types of holidays that grow naturally on trees, and yes I know I stole that joke from Tumblr.

Amazon Prime Day: The evolution of a manufactured holiday

When I opened up Amazon, it “recommended” several Prime Day deals, including an Amazon Echo (which I would probably enjoy playing with), the ubiquitous Instant Pot, golf clubs, a hammock, a Roomba, and teeth-cleaning treats for dogs and cats.

Amazon should know, from my purchase history, that I do not currently own any pets. (It should also know that I am not interested in golf.) So why is it trying to sell me chewable teeth-cleaning treats? If I chewed them, would my teeth get cleaned as well? Have dentists been telling us to brush and floss all these years when they could have been tossing us bags of oven-roasted-chicken-flavored chewables?

So I have not yet purchased any Amazon Prime Day products, and I don’t really plan on buying any. (I’m actually trying to avoid seeing deals on stuff I might want, since my income is pretty strictly budgeted for the rest of the summer.)

What about you?

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